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| 1 | - | General Assembly Committee Bill No. 5893 | |
| 2 | - | January Session, 2011 LCO No. 4651 | |
| 3 | - | *04651HB05893HS_* | |
| 1 | + | General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5893 | |
| 2 | + | January Session, 2011 LCO No. 1282 | |
| 4 | 3 | Referred to Committee on Human Services | |
| 5 | 4 | Introduced by: | |
| 6 | - | ||
| 5 | + | REP. BACCHIOCHI, 52nd Dist. | |
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| 8 | 7 | General Assembly | |
| 9 | 8 | ||
| 10 | - | ||
| 9 | + | Proposed Bill No. 5893 | |
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| 12 | 11 | January Session, 2011 | |
| 13 | 12 | ||
| 14 | - | LCO No. 4651 | |
| 15 | - | ||
| 16 | - | *04651HB05893HS_* | |
| 13 | + | LCO No. 1282 | |
| 17 | 14 | ||
| 18 | 15 | Referred to Committee on Human Services | |
| 19 | 16 | ||
| 20 | 17 | Introduced by: | |
| 21 | 18 | ||
| 22 | - | ||
| 19 | + | REP. BACCHIOCHI, 52nd Dist. | |
| 23 | 20 | ||
| 24 | 21 | AN ACT CONCERNING HOME AND COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICES FOR PERSONS WITH ACQUIRED BRAIN INJURY. | |
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| 26 | 23 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: | |
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| 28 | - | Section 1. Section 17b-260a of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): | |
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| 30 | - | (a) The Commissioner of Social Services shall seek a waiver from federal law to establish a Medicaid-financed, home and community-based program for individuals with acquired brain injury. [Such waiver shall be submitted no later than October 1, 1995.] | |
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| 32 | - | (b) Not later than October 1, 2011, the commissioner shall amend the waiver submitted in accordance with subsection (a) of this section to provide home and community-based services for individuals with acquired brain injury who have been on the waiting list to receive such services for a period of two years or more. | |
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| 37 | - | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | |
| 38 | - | Section 1 from passage 17b-260a | |
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| 40 | - | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | |
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| 42 | - | Section 1 | |
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| 44 | - | from passage | |
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| 46 | - | 17b-260a | |
| 25 | + | That chapter 319v of the general statutes be amended to require that an equal number of persons who receive services under the Medicaid-funded home and community-based program for persons with acquired brain injury are selected from among those persons who participated in the Money Follows the Person demonstration program and from the wait list of persons seeking to receive such services. | |
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| 48 | 27 | Statement of Purpose: | |
| 49 | 28 | ||
| 50 | - | To ensure that persons who suffer from brain injuries and have been on the waiting list to receive home and community-based services, receive such services without having to wait more than two years. | |
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| 52 | - | [Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.] | |
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| 56 | - | Co-Sponsors: REP. BACCHIOCHI, 52nd Dist. | |
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| 58 | - | Co-Sponsors: | |
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| 60 | - | REP. BACCHIOCHI, 52nd Dist. | |
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| 62 | - | H.B. 5893 | |
| 29 | + | To ensure that persons who suffer from brain injuries and have been on the wait list to receive home and community-based services are included in the acquired brain injury waiver program. |